1939 Hewlett Packard: William Hewlett and David Packard start Hewlett
Packard
1945 Computer Bug: The term computer ‘bug’ as computer bug was first used by Grace
Hopper
1967 Floppy Disk: IBM creates the first floppy disk
1970 RAM: Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access
memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
1971 E-mail: E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson
1972 The CD: The compact disc is invented in the United States.
1975 Portable computers: Altair produces the first portable computer
1976 Apple: Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
1979 Over half a million computers are in use in the United States.
1984 Apple Macintosh: Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window
interface
1987 Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works
1991 The World Wide Web: The World Wide Web is launched to the public on August
6, 1991
1998 Google: Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998
2002 Approximately 1 billion PCs been sold